The author discusses free speech, her latest novel and Shakespeare theories at the Hay Festival.

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George MacDonald, whose fantasy stories were read by a young Tolkien, was born 200 years ago in Huntly.

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage says creating the centre in Leeds was his "highest ambition".

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Bill Knox was the face of Scottish crime-fighting but his work as a thriller writer is less well known.

An uncorrected proof copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was bought in 1997.